Monday, May 22, 2017

Today was no
better, on the domestic front.

I did,
however, finish off the first of the back shoulder short-row sections of the
Polliwog, and may be able to do the other tomorrow and start picking up
stitches for a sleeve. Am I dragging my feet a bit here, for fear of having to
make a decision or two about the future?

Yoke
sweaters seem to be everywhere in Andrew & Andrea. I feel greatly drawn –
and have two, here, ready in stash and Marie Wallin’s “Lovage”
pattern still calling to me.

I have been
thinking somewhat about meticulousness – which Andrea certainly has and I
certainly haven’t. She would never have abandoned the Stillwater project.

I think I’m
nearly up to date with A&A. I’m watching Episode 23, the one with Deb
Robson – and I think when I’ve seen that, there will be nothing for me but to
wait for the next episode. I saw all the intervening ones in my initial flurry
of excitement. The standard is very high.

Non-knit

My
front-step garden was seriously advanced today. I had meant to work out there
while the cleaner was here, dusting and ironing. But she came out too. She is
Romanian; we lack a common language. We can communicate nearly-perfectly, but
can’t gossip. She is very strong and intelligent.

So last year’s
pots and troughs have been emptied and re-filled with fresh compost; seeds
planted; everything tidied. There are a couple of tweaks to come, but
essentially, the job is done, and affords me much pleasure. And Daniella got
the dusting and ironing done as well.

As usual, I think Tamar nailed it. The soothing rhythm is missing in some of those gorgeous Starmore sweaters. I started a heavily cabled sweater until I discovered how much cabling was done on the wrong side. Too much work for me! Glad you had some assistance with the heavy lifting in the front.